THE CUBA REVIEW 
Carrying Calabashes to Market. 
s two or three dollars. Locally, there is a good trade in the ripe, dried fruits of 
2 “ s of them art d on the backs of donkeys to the 
: : ties, where there is ly sale for them. 
ssibly, the single exception of the royal palm, there is no other tree in Cuba 
r so useful as the calabash. It is always the first tree to be planted 
squatter makes a clearing and builds for himself a new home. Although the 
vs wild and scatteringly throughout the forests of Cuba, it appears to thrive best 
~ } = ») specia requireme! sas Oo soul 
or site, and often grows under 
rs nditions. The trunks are sometimes almost completely girdled by 
her cutting tools and yet the trees grow and produce 
sh is ge t S it r thirty feet in height and 
Ss in di r invariably crooked and the 
s g The t eas suished by its peculiar habit 
g larg less hor t I ich bear small clusters of 
The Mammey Apple of the West Indies 
mmey apple is an important tropical American fruit that is referred to also 
apricot. The French call it the abricot or abrotier and the Portuguese abrico 
Phere are several varieties of these mammey apples growing all over the Amer- 
S ferent names, but the one known best to the 
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t grows to be from thirty to sixty feet high and is planted more or less 
g ich soil all through the tropics and as far north as Palm Beach, Florida. 
n int Iso into the tropical parts of the Old World because of its fruit, 
1 in all yuntries. Although the tree is more or less 
ng on account of its large beautiful dark green leaves and its 
showy lowers, it 1s rarely planted in yards or gardens as a decorative 
